What Water Heater Warning Signs Need Attention?

one good thing to know about where your water heater is located you also need to know where your shut off for your gas is at this way if you have any kind of a problem there's usually a valve it usually either has a yellow or a red handle on it and if it's running lengthwise with the pipe that's on when it runs Crossways of the pipe that shut off and then you want to make sure that yours has a drip leg or a sediment trap as they call them that way no moisture or trash gets in your valve which can cause you a lot of problems can cause it to go out and have to be replaced that can cost you up to around five to six hundred dollars to replace a gas valve on your water heater this is something that's really good to know for the safety of you and your family

You wake up, it's really early, you turn on the shower, you brush your teeth real quick, and you go to hop in the shower, and when you get in, it's absolutely frigid, you have no hot water. How do we avoid this scenario? Getting 12, 15 years out of your water heater is completely possible if regular maintenance is done and [music] you've had the really right conditions for it. A lot of homes being built now and in areas that we find [music] have harder water and that water is harder on the systems, which means that we have to do be a little bit more proactive about how we take care of our systems to optimize and maximize the [music] life of your water heater. If you want an estimate on what it would cost to replace your water heater and you're in the Oklahoma City metro area, scan the QR code and we would love to be able to give you an estimate. >> [music]

On checking on water heaters, when you're coming to look at one to see if there needs to be changed, this stain right here lets me know that this water heater has been set extremely high on the temp and it has caused some of this foam to kind of melt and run down and it also usually shows some sort of a little bit of a leak at one time or another. That's something you want to be concerned about. Anytime you see the rust in the pan or anywhere on the side of the tank or on the top, that's an indicator that something is going to be going wrong before long and you should at least be thinking about replacing your water heater.

If you go out to the water heater and you notice any sort of corrosion at the base, any [music] sort of water dripping into the emergency drain pan or on the floor, that's a really good sign that something is at or is nearing failure that you need to get someone certified to come look at that hot water system so that way everything's taken care of. If you want an estimate on what it would cost to replace your water heater and you're in the Oklahoma City metro area, scan the QR code and we would love to be able to give you an estimate. >> Your >> [singing] >> home's >> [music]

warning signs that your water heater might be failing. Generally, if the water is discolored, you turn it on your sink and you turn on that hot water and the water's kind of a funky color, that's generally a pretty good sign that something's not quite right to the internal workings of the hot water heater. If you're hearing popping noises or any sort of unnatural noises coming from that hot water heater, that's going to be a pretty early indication that it's you at least need to have it serviced or maintenanced or looked at so that way something more catastrophic isn't going to happen in the future. If you want an estimate on what it would cost to replace your water heater and you're in the Oklahoma City metro area, scan the QR code and we [music] would love to be able to give you an estimate. [singing]

The more sediment, the worse it is. If you have sediment in an electric water heater, it eats up your heating elements really bad and they'll stop working, break in half usually because of the hard water. And then you're replacing those all the time. Your home [Music]

What do you do if your water heater starts leaking? First thing that you want to do is shut off the cold water to your water heater. Very first thing. Second thing is shut off the power source. You have gas, turn off the gas valve. There should be a gas next to your water heater. If there's gas going into the system, turn that off so that you're cutting off any sort of heating supply to the system. Next, you want to try to drain the system just as effectively and efficiently as possible so that we're relieving pressure from the system so that you can buy time for someone to get out there and take a look at what's going on. If you do these things calmly and consistently, there's no reason to panic. Water heaters do not typically explode. If you live in our area, call Yarro Sense. We'd love to come out and install your water heater correctly. >> [music]

All right, guys, I got a question for you. Have your showers gotten shorter this fall and absolutely no one touched the water heater? It's often the water coming into the house. So what I mean by that is that it arrives colder once the weather turns. It's the same tank, same setting, but now it has more work to do. So an electric tank that felt like it had plenty of hot water in July can feel short on water in October. The good news is that it's not always a dying water heater. With Yarbrough & Sons, we check the setting, the parts, and how fast it comes back before we talk about a swap. If it really is done, a common electric tank on our sheet runs about $2,308 to $2,349, depending on the size. I'm Willie Yarbrough with Yarbrough & Sons. And did your showers get shorter this fall?

this is something that most people don't know about their water heaters is your gas valve controls the temperature and it's really easy to adjust here they were saying that their water was probably about 125 degrees all I did was take this dial right here and turn it down from B to a and that should put it about 118 to 120 degrees and there you will not get scalded anything above 120 will scald you so that you want to be careful of especially if you have a little kids so that's that's one easy way to adjust it and one thing that will make it a little safer for you and your family

all right when you go in to look at a water heater first thing you want to make sure everything's up to coat this one is not you have to be 18 inches off of the floor of the garage to the bottom of the water heater to any ignition Source you even though it's electric if it Sparks it could still cause a fire if you have gas Vapors or anything in the water in the garage shut off on it there is one up there but it's way back hard to get to that's something that a lot of people have struggled with we try to move them closer to the front to make it easier to get to because if water is spraying you want to be able to get to it quick and easy I would not consider this water heater anywhere close to being up to coat there's a lot of upgrades that need to be done it's not that expensive to do a lot of them but it's very important that you get them done whether it's with us or somebody else

Heads up, this gets kind of gross. And here's the problem. Well, what we got here is a burnt up heating element that is absolutely caked with sediment and calcium. You can see here the element is actually burnt up completely, which is unfortunately a common issue in electric water heaters with hard water. We sent out cold to replace replace this element with a new one and he made sure the customer was fixed up with hot water. 10 out of 10, pretty gnarly. Your Rose. [Music]

Your water heater could be on borrowed time. Here's the math. Your water heater is one of the only appliances in the house that if it fails, it fails without warning. And when it fails, oftentimes it can fail onto the floor. Same logic we use for HVAC systems. If the tank is under ten years old and the repair is small, fix it. Don't think about it, just do it. But once your tank crosses ten years old, you're not repairing it, you're risking it. And the loser gets water damage. The early warning signs are subtle. Rusty water, a rumbling sound when it heats up, that sediment build up, water that runs hot, then cold, then hot, switches back and forth super frequently. Then having a conversation about replacing that water heater makes more sense than having a conversation about fixing wood floors that have been damaged, because that's gonna be way more expensive than just getting your water heater replaced. So let's have that conversation. Don't risk it. Don't wait till the water tank floods your home, uh, to get that thing swapped out. Uh, do it now rather than later. Don't wait.

What causes water heaters to fail? Well, whenever you have water versus metal, water is going to win the battle every single time. And a lot of times when you have water in a system, that carries all sorts of minerals and calcium with that water. And over time, plus heat, you get a lot of the calcification. If you've ever seen a video of a water heater that's been like [music] cut open or you can see the insides and it looks like crystals are forming on the inside, that's calcium buildup on those water heaters. that's really corrosive, which is what leads to their failure a lot of times. And some of this stuff can be prevented by regular maintenance and regular flushes. Guys, if this has been helpful or if you have questions, leave them down in the comments. We would love to respond to you and begin that dialogue. Really hope this was helpful. Have a great day. See you. [singing] nose. [music]

This hot water heater is leaking. There's water everywhere. The first thing that you want to do is shut off the cold water to your water heater. Very first thing. Second thing is shut off the power source. So, if you have an electric water heater, unplug it from the wall. Or if you have gas, turn [music] off the gas valve. It >> usually either has a yellow or a red handle on it. And if it's running lengthwise with the pipe, that's on. When it runs crossways of the pipe, that's shut off. >> Turn that off so that you're cutting off any sort of heating supply to the system. Next, [music] you want to try to drain the system just as effectively and efficiently as possible so that we're relieving pressure from the system. You can buy time for someone to get out there [music] and take a look at what's going on. If you go out to the water heater and you notice any sort of corrosion at the base, any sort of water dripping into the emergency drain pan or on the floor, that's [music] a really good sign that something is at or is nearing failure that you need to get someone certified to come look at that hot water system. So that way everything's taken care of. [singing] >> [music]

All right, friends, grab a cup of coffee and let's talk about your water heater. In this instance, there's a small puddle under your water heater and it keeps coming back. That does not automatically mean that you need a new tank. Sometimes it's the little drain valve at the bottom. Sometimes it's the gas control on the side. So here at Yarbrough and Sons, we look at where it's coming from before we talk about a full tank replacement. So in the spirit of full transparency, those repair paths on our sheet run about $425 to $700, depending on the part. A full tank swap is a completely different conversation with its own range. I'm Willie Yarbrough with Yarbrough and Sons, and do you have a puddle under your water heater?